Attachment for ladders



March 7, 1933. DAVIS ATTACHMENT FOR LADDERS 7 Filed May '7, 1932gwuznioz ($072 13 ZZZYanla.

1: 151555514 YIIIII/IIIIIwI/I/z I V T Patented Mar. 7, 1933 UNITEDSTATES CHARLES H. DAVIS, or HAWKINS, WISCONSIN ATTACHMIENT FOR LADDERS IApplication filed May 7,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in supportingdevices, and particularly to devices for supporting painters pots, andthe like, on ladders.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient deviceof this character which can be easily and quickly applied to and removedfrom a ladder, and which will support a paint pot, or the like, inproper level position.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is readilyadjustable to cause the paint pot to assume a level position, regardlessof the angle of the ladder.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which isadjustable to cause the paint pot to assume a level position, and alsopermit such adjustment without removing the device from the ladder.

A still further object is to provide a device which is adapted tosupport a paint pot in position for use, and at the same time support anadditional paint pot, to be used at another time, such device beingparticularly adapted for supporting paint pots containing two colors.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of in position on a ladder.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through a ladder looking towardthe right in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on line H of Figure 1,showing the the device notched wheel and means for holding the.

wheel in different rotary adjusted positions. Figure 5 is an enlargedvertical sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a siderail, and 11 the rungs of a ladder, in connection with which the presentinvention is adapted for use. The receptacle 12, for receiving the paintpot, is composed'of strap metal strlps. including the circular wall 12and the crossed 1932. Serial o. 609,954.

bottom strips 12". Secured to the'outer face of the wall 12 isa circulardisk 13 having the opposite inturned tabs 14, at the sides,

. andthe single narrower tab 15 at the center of the upper portion ofthe disk, said tabs being struck from'the periphery of the disk, as willbe understood from the drawing. In the center'of the disk is avertically arranged elongated opening or slot 16', which receives thepin 17 carried by-the center of the peripherally toothed disk 18, theteeth'of the disk being designated by the numeral 19, on the drawing.The tabs 14 serve to retain the disk 18 in close contact with the disk13, while permitting the disk 18 to rotate freely with relation thereto.It will be noted that the .tab 15 is of a width slightly less than thespace between adjacent pairs of teeth 19, so that the said tab mayeasily engage in said space, and thereby hold the disk 18 PATENT OFFICE1 "7o against rotation. It will be further under- 1 plate 20, which, asseen in the drawing, lies longitudinally of the outer side face of theside rail 10 of the ladder. Also securedto the disk 18 is a wire clamp21, comprising 7 the arms 22 having terminal hooks 23, the upper oneofwhich is adapted for engagement with one of the rungs 11 of. theladder, while the other hook depends at the rear ofthe ladder inposition to receive the hail of an additional paint pot. The position ofthe clamp, between the arms and the plate 20,

is offset outwardly in parallel-spaced rela tion to the plate, toprovide a space within v which is receive-d the side rail of the ladder.

-mits movement of the pin 17 with the result that the tab 15 will engagebetween an adjacent pair of teeth, thereby holding the disk 18, and thedisk 13 against relative rotations By this construction, when the ladderis placed against the wall, the painter may lift the receptacle to sucha degree that the pin 17 will be in the lower end of the slot 16, whenthe receptacle may be rotated, with respect to the ladder engagingmeans, and permit the receptacle to be adjusted to a position which ishorizontal and parallel to the ground. The operator then permits thereceptacle to gravitate until the tab 15 engages between a pair of teeth19, when the receptacle will be held against rotation, and the paintpot, disposed in the receptacle, held in its proper horizontal position.I

It will be particnlarlynoted that there tary adjustment of thereceptacle is accomplished without the necessity of removing the clampfrom the ladder.

It willbe also noticed that the use of nuts and bolts, or otheradjusting or clamping means, is obviated.

What is claimed is A rotatably adjustable bracket including aperipherally tooth-ed disk having a central pivot, a second disk havinga diametrically arranged slot receiving said. central pivot whereby torotate and slide with respect to the first disk, lugs on the peripheryof the second disk embracing the toothed periphery of the first disk,and a tongue intermediate the lugs and arranged to engage betweenadjacent teeth of the first disk upon gravitational movement of thesecond disk,

In testimony whereof, I aitix my si nature.

CHARLES H. niivis.

